Passing The Paintbrush

About Passing The Paintbrush

Learn More: www.passingthepaintbrush.wordpress.com Passing the Paintbrush is an educational project and podcast about historic Queer Jewish artists in Berlin. After the release of each audio documentary, we held history and practical art workshops on the featured artists. Season 1 focused on Gertrude Sandmann, Lotte Laserstein, and Toni Ebel, learning about their lives through site visits and interviews with historians, authors, and artists. Thank you to all the funders and partners who made the production possible Spinnboden Demokratie In Der Mitte BMF EVZ

Publisher

Hani חאני

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

30 Jun 2024

Latest episode

29 Sept 2025

Latest episodes

15 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   29 Sept 2025

   Interview with Hadass Gilboa

   Featured Guest: Hadass Gilboa Website: https://www.hadassgilboa.com/ (https://www.hadassgilboa.com/) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hadassgilboa/ (https://www.instagram.com/hadassgilboa/) Printmaking Workshops: https://www.hadassgilboa.com/workshops (https://www.hadassgilboa.com/workshops) High Grounds Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/high_grounds_workshops/ (https://www.instagram.com/high_grounds_workshops/) Lithography  Printing Studio in Berlin - Lithowerstatt: https://www.lithowerkstatt-berlin.de/ (https://www.lithowerkstatt-berlin.de/) Article about the studio from 2022: http://www.lithowerkstatt-berlin.de/Bilder/LW_Tagesspiegel%202022.jpg (http://www.lithowerkstatt-berlin.de/Bilder/LW_Tagesspiegel%202022.jpg) Feature in Kultur.txt: https://www.kulturring.berlin/archiv/artikel?tx_news_pi1%5Baction%5D=detail&tx_news_pi1%5Bcontroller%5D=News&tx_news_pi1%5Bnews%5D=1743&cHash=954cfca92c4fc012884726e941ff9405 (https://www.kulturring.berlin/archiv/artikel?tx_news_pi1%5Baction%5D=detail&tx_news_pi1%5Bcontroller%5D=News&tx_news_pi1%5Bnews%5D=1743&cHash=954cfca92c4fc012884726e941ff9405) Kultur ring video about the studio : https://youtu.be/vP2kEe7o_7E?feature=shared (https://youtu.be/vP2kEe7o_7E?feature=shared) Printworking at BBK https://www.bbk-kulturwerk.de/en/printing-workshop (https://www.bbk-kulturwerk.de/en/printing-workshop) Pia Szur: http://www.designkunst-ps.de/ (http://www.designkunst-ps.de/) https://www.kulturring.berlin/archiv/artikel?tx_news_pi1%5Baction%5D=detail&tx_news_pi1%5Bcontroller%5D=News&tx_news_pi1%5Bnews%5D=1814&cHash=d3254ae989f3f4fae5519342173d2908 (https://www.kulturring.berlin/archiv/artikel?tx_news_pi1%5Baction%5D=detail&tx_news_pi1%5Bcontroller%5D=News&tx_news_pi1%5Bnews%5D=1814&cHash=d3254ae989f3f4fae5519342173d2908) Lithography at Solnhofen: https://ssg-solnhofen.de/en/usage/translate-to-english-lithografie (https://ssg-solnhofen.de/en/usage/translate-to-english-lithografie) History of Lithography : https://www.aepm.eu/publications/conference-proceedings-2/from-stone-to-chip-alois-senefelder-and-the-invention-of-lithography-in-an-international-context/li-portenlaenger-invention-of-lithography-and-the-solnhofen-quarries/ (https://www.aepm.eu/publications/conference-proceedings-2/from-stone-to-chip-alois-senefelder-and-the-invention-of-lithography-in-an-international-context/li-portenlaenger-invention-of-lithography-and-the-solnhofen-quarries/) Fossil hunting at Solnhofen: https://www.naturpark-altmuehltal.de/freizeit/a-z/hobby-steinbruch_solnhofen-19262/ (https://www.naturpark-altmuehltal.de/freizeit/a-z/hobby-steinbruch_solnhofen-19262/) The Farhud:  https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-farhud (https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-farhud) Jizya Tax: https://www.jewishpress.com/sections/features/features-on-jewish-world/jewish-tax-in-the-ottoman-empire/2024/07/18/ (https://www.jewishpress.com/sections/features/features-on-jewish-world/jewish-tax-in-the-ottoman-empire/2024/07/18/) The Ma’abarot:  ⁠https://www.nli.org.il/en/discover/israel/zionism/zionism-history/maabarot⁠ (https://www.nli.org.il/en/discover/israel/zionism/zionism-history/maabarot) The Burnt Vehicles Compound ⁠: (https://habsor.co.il/?p=25636&lang=en) https://habsor.co.il/?p=25636&lang=en⁠ (https://habsor.co.il/?p=25636&lang=en) What is a Lithograph: ⁠https://www.invaluable.com/blog/what-is-a-lithograph/⁠ (https://www.invaluable.com/blog/what-is-a-lithograph/) Thank you for listening to this extended bonus episode! I hope you tune  for more episodes to be published soon The current Artists we are exploring this season are Lotte Lasertein, Gertrude Sandmann, and Toni Ebel, three incredible painters who survived the Shoah. This is a project hosted by the Spinnboden Lesbian Archive (https://spinnboden.de/ (https://spinnboden.de/)) and funded by Demokratie in Der Mitte’s Aktionsfund in 2024 (https://demokratie-in-der-mitte.de/aktionsfonds-in-einfach/ (https://demokratie-in-der-mitte.de/aktionsfonds-in-einfach/)) The 5 bonus episodes of 2025 including this publication are produced with support from n-ost and funded by the Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future (EVZ) and the Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF) as part of the Education Agenda on NS-Injustice. https://n-ost.org/projects/history-unit (https://n-ost.org/projects/history-unit) https://www.stiftung-evz.de/ (https://www.stiftung-evz.de/) Follow @Friends_of_dora (https://www.instagram.com/friends_of_dora/?hl=en) on Instagram for further updates on upcoming episodes and workshops. The music featured in this episode: Lofi Beat Loop Schmoop by Seth_Makes_Sounds from freesound.org (http://freesound.org) number 722425 Licensed under Creative Commons 0 https://freesound.org/s/722425/ (https://freesound.org/s/722425/) I have done my best to fact-check and provide sources for all of my work, if something is missing or doesn’t sound right, or you just want to talk, send me an email at passingpaintbrush@gmail.com. If you want to tell your friends about this podcast or rate it on whatever platform you are listening from that would be a free way to really help share this project with those who would be interested but do not know of it yet! Written, produced, and mixed by me, Hani Esther Indictor Portner, with technical advising by Rocket Loam www.passingthepaintbrush.wordpress.com (http://www.passingthepaintbrush.wordpress.com)

2. 

   25 Sept 2025

   Interview with Mine Pleasure Bouvar

   Featured Guest: Mine Pleasure Bouvar Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mine_pleasure_bouvar/ (https://www.instagram.com/mine_pleasure_bouvar/) Linktree: linktr.ee/Mine_undClaudia (https://l.instagram.com/?u=https%3A%2F%2Flinktr.ee%2FMine_undClaudia&e=AT3zcP11nnNbFMYJWkAEsli9sHiH41TpwJM9siXvaoSZfbg0ZqMTH-R1ZowV6OXnScCioale3_bR9wjVcji72Lspy18g-ftla8-9wAf6v7NUzolStaF9hw) Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MinePleasureBouvar (https://www.patreon.com/MinePleasureBouvar) Text Zur Kunst Article: https://www.textezurkunst.de/de/129/mine-peasure-bouvar-toni-ebel-generation-hirschfeld/ (https://www.textezurkunst.de/de/129/mine-peasure-bouvar-toni-ebel-generation-hirschfeld/) *Get in contact with Mine  if you want to read her article in Text Zu Kunst but it is not accessible to you Resources for further Learning: https://toni-ebel.de/perspektiven/?ref=wearequeeraf.com (https://toni-ebel.de/perspektiven/?ref=wearequeeraf.com) https://www.lesbengeschichte.org/bio_charlaque_d.html (https://www.lesbengeschichte.org/bio_charlaque_d.html) Jules Gill-Peterson: "A Short History of Trans Misogyny" (https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny?srsltid=AfmBOoqGmKcnx0MOEN46DKcL2tojchO2dl-xeEYF5fOXUKozsXjPOeTA) https://zeitschrift-luxemburg.de/artikel/genderkritischer-feminismus/ (https://zeitschrift-luxemburg.de/artikel/genderkritischer-feminismus/) A Nazi Word for A Nazi Thing (https://www.somayer.net/2024/04/25/news-a-nazi-word-for-a-nazi-thing-is-now-available-in-the-us/) Thomas Ahbe: "Der DDR-Antifaschismus. Diskurse und Generationen – Kontexte und Identitäten. Ein Rückblick über 60 Jahre", Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung Sachsen Till Kössler: "Die Grenzen der Demokratie. Antikommunismus als politiscische und gesellschaftliche Praxis in der frühen Bundesrepublik." Till Kössler: "Kommunistische Verfolgungserfahrung, die Vereinigung der Verfolgten des Naziregimes (VVN) und die Frage der Wiedergutmachung" https://de.thefreedictionary.com/burschikos (https://de.thefreedictionary.com/burschikos) Ruehl Muller: "Building a People's Art. Selected Works of Truong Chinh and To Huu" (on Vietnamese Socialist Realism) Thank you for listening to this extended bonus episode! I hope you tune  for more episodes to be published soon The current Artists we are exploring this season are Lotte Lasertein, Gertrude Sandmann, and Toni Ebel, three incredible painters who survived the Shoah. This is a project hosted by the Spinnboden Lesbian Archive (https://spinnboden.de/ (https://spinnboden.de/)) and funded by Demokratie in Der Mitte’s Aktionsfund in 2024 (https://demokratie-in-der-mitte.de/aktionsfonds-in-einfach/ (https://demokratie-in-der-mitte.de/aktionsfonds-in-einfach/)) The 5 bonus episodes of 2025 including this publication are produced with support from n-ost and funded by the Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future (EVZ) and the Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF) as part of the Education Agenda on NS-Injustice. https://n-ost.org/projects/history-unit (https://n-ost.org/projects/history-unit) https://www.stiftung-evz.de/ (https://www.stiftung-evz.de/) Follow @Friends_of_dora (https://www.instagram.com/friends_of_dora/?hl=en) on Instagram for further updates on upcoming episodes and workshops. The music featured in this episode: Lofi Beat Loop Schmoop by Seth_Makes_Sounds from freesound.org (http://freesound.org) number 722425 Licensed under Creative Commons 0 https://freesound.org/s/722425/ (https://freesound.org/s/722425/) I have done my best to fact-check and provide sources for all of my work, if something is missing or doesn’t sound right, or you just want to talk, send me an email at passingpaintbrush@gmail.com. If you want to tell your friends about this podcast or rate it on whatever platform you are listening from that would be a free way to really help share this project with those who would be interested but do not know of it yet! Written, produced, and mixed by me, Hani Esther Indictor Portner, with technical advising by Rocket Loam www.passingthepaintbrush.wordpress.com (http://www.passingthepaintbrush.wordpress.com)

3. 

   24 Sept 2025

   Interview with Brandy Schillace

   Featured Guest: Brandy Schillace Website: https://brandyschillace.com/ (https://brandyschillace.com/) Bluesky:  https://bsky.app/profile/bschillace.brandyschillace.com/post/3lh26tx3ka22c (https://bsky.app/profile/bschillace.brandyschillace.com/post/3lh26tx3ka22c) Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/b_schillace/?hl=en (https://www.instagram.com/b_schillace/?hl=en) Medium: https://medium.com/@brandy-schillace (https://medium.com/@brandy-schillace) Peculiar Book Club Podcast: https://peculiarbookclub.com/all-podcast/ (https://peculiarbookclub.com/all-podcast/) https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324036319 (https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324036319) Coming out Autistic Article https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/coming-out-autistic/ (https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/coming-out-autistic/) Michael Dillon https://www.transgenderhistorymonth.com/tht/michael-dillon (https://www.transgenderhistorymonth.com/tht/michael-dillon) Discoveries about Dora Richter from the Lili Elbe Library and Clara Hartmann https://lili-elbe.de/blog/2024/09/dora-lived/ (https://lili-elbe.de/blog/2024/09/dora-lived/) https://www.rbb24.de/panorama/beitrag/2024/06/dora-richter-transgeschlechtlichkeit-drittes-reich-berlin-trans-magnus-hirschfeld.html (https://www.rbb24.de/panorama/beitrag/2024/06/dora-richter-transgeschlechtlichkeit-drittes-reich-berlin-trans-magnus-hirschfeld.html) https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Mr-Humble-and-Dr-Butcher/Brandy-Schillace/9781982113780 (https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Mr-Humble-and-Dr-Butcher/Brandy-Schillace/9781982113780) The Great Courses Plus class: Unsolved Medical Mysteries: Explaining the Unexplainable https://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/unsolved-medical-mysteries-explaining-the-unexplainable (https://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/unsolved-medical-mysteries-explaining-the-unexplainable) Thank you for listening to this extended bonus episode! I hope you tune  for more episodes to be published soon The current Artists we are exploring this season are Lotte Lasertein, Gertrude Sandmann, and Toni Ebel, three incredible painters who survived the Shoah. This is a project hosted by the Spinnboden Lesbian Archive (https://spinnboden.de/ (https://spinnboden.de/)) and funded by Demokratie in Der Mitte’s Aktionsfund in 2024 (https://demokratie-in-der-mitte.de/aktionsfonds-in-einfach/ (https://demokratie-in-der-mitte.de/aktionsfonds-in-einfach/)) The 5 bonus episodes of 2025 including this publication are produced with support from n-ost and funded by the Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future (EVZ) and the Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF) as part of the Education Agenda on NS-Injustice. https://n-ost.org/projects/history-unit (https://n-ost.org/projects/history-unit) https://www.stiftung-evz.de/ (https://www.stiftung-evz.de/) Follow @Friends_of_dora (https://www.instagram.com/friends_of_dora/?hl=en) on Instagram for further updates on upcoming episodes and workshops. The music featured in this episode: Lofi Beat Loop Schmoop by Seth_Makes_Sounds from freesound.org (http://freesound.org) number 722425 Licensed under Creative Commons 0 https://freesound.org/s/722425/ (https://freesound.org/s/722425/) I have done my best to fact-check and provide sources for all of my work, if something is missing or doesn’t sound right, or you just want to talk, send me an email at passingpaintbrush@gmail.com. If you want to tell your friends about this podcast or rate it on whatever platform you are listening from that would be a free way to really help share this project with those who would be interested but do not know of it yet! Written, produced, and mixed by me, Hani Esther Indictor Portner, with technical advising by Rocket Loam www.passingthepaintbrush.wordpress.com (http://www.passingthepaintbrush.wordpress.com) The Intermediaries A Weimar Story Dora ging nach Böhmen -RBB article where they talk about her bird friends Mr. Humble and Dr. Butcher A Monkey's Head, the Pope's Neuroscientist, and the Quest to Transplant the Soul

4. 

   22 Sept 2025

   Interview with Hannah Steinkopf-Frank

   Featured Guest: Hannah Steinkopf-Frank website: https://www.hannahsteinkopf-frank.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hsteinkopffrank/?hl=en (https://www.instagram.com/hsteinkopffrank/?hl=en) Idle hands Paris Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/idlehandsparis/?hl=en (https://www.instagram.com/idlehandsparis/?hl=en) Sew you have a question newsletter https://sewyouhaveaquestion.substack.com/?r=bigr&utm_campaign=pub-share-checklist (https://sewyouhaveaquestion.substack.com/?r=bigr&utm_campaign=pub-share-checklist) Online digital archive of Berlin Lesbian Magazines: https://archiv.forummuenchen.org/sammlung/zeitschrift/ (https://archiv.forummuenchen.org/sammlung/zeitschrift/) Queer Publishing article: https://daily.jstor.org/publishing-queer-berlin/ (https://daily.jstor.org/publishing-queer-berlin/) Lesbian Nun Article: https://daily.jstor.org/lesbianism-at-the-convent/ (https://daily.jstor.org/lesbianism-at-the-convent/) Charlotte Cushman Article: https://daily.jstor.org/the-long-shadow-of-the-jolly-bachelors/ (https://daily.jstor.org/the-long-shadow-of-the-jolly-bachelors/) June Thomas’s book “ A Place of Our Own” https://www.lehmanns.de/shop/geisteswissenschaften/64028022-9780349018966-a-place-of-our-own (https://www.lehmanns.de/shop/geisteswissenschaften/64028022-9780349018966-a-place-of-our-own) The oldest Pattern Hannah  has sewn:  https://vintagepatterns.fandom.com/wiki/Weldons_120 (https://vintagepatterns.fandom.com/wiki/Weldons_120) "Antiques Roadshow" segment  with the bat necklace: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY83DkxoKFs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY83DkxoKFs) Nicky Doll Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony: https://www.out.com/drag/nicky-doll-drag-race-queens-paris-2024-olympics (https://www.out.com/drag/nicky-doll-drag-race-queens-paris-2024-olympics) Paintings We Discuss https://berlinischegalerie.de/en/out-and-about/gertrude-sandmann/ (https://berlinischegalerie.de/en/out-and-about/gertrude-sandmann/) https://www.bremenzwei.de/audios/kunst-kolumne-laserstein-100.html (https://www.bremenzwei.de/audios/kunst-kolumne-laserstein-100.html) Thank you for listening to this extended bonus episode! I hope you tune  for more episodes to be published soon The current Artists we are exploring this season are Lotte Lasertein, Gertrude Sandmann, and Toni Ebel, three incredible painters who survived the Shoah. This is a project hosted by the Spinnboden Lesbian Archive (https://spinnboden.de/ (https://spinnboden.de/)) and funded by Demokratie in Der Mitte’s Aktionsfund in 2024 (https://demokratie-in-der-mitte.de/aktionsfonds-in-einfach/ (https://demokratie-in-der-mitte.de/aktionsfonds-in-einfach/)) The 5 bonus episodes of 2025 including this publication are produced with support from n-ost and funded by the Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future (EVZ) and the Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF) as part of the Education Agenda on NS-Injustice. https://n-ost.org/projects/history-unit (https://n-ost.org/projects/history-unit) https://www.stiftung-evz.de/ (https://www.stiftung-evz.de/) Follow @Friends_of_dora (https://www.instagram.com/friends_of_dora/?hl=en) on Instagram for further updates on upcoming episodes and workshops. The music featured in this episode: Lofi Beat Loop Schmoop by Seth_Makes_Sounds from freesound.org (http://freesound.org) number 722425 Licensed under Creative Commons 0 https://freesound.org/s/722425/ (https://freesound.org/s/722425/) I have done my best to fact-check and provide sources for all of my work, if something is missing or doesn’t sound right, or you just want to talk, send me an email at passingpaintbrush@gmail.com. If you want to tell your friends about this podcast or rate it on whatever platform you are listening from that would be a free way to really help share this project with those who would be interested but do not know of it yet! Written, produced, and mixed by me, Hani Esther Indictor Portner, with technical advising by Rocket Loam www.passingthepaintbrush.wordpress.com (http://www.passingthepaintbrush.wordpress.com)

5. 

   21 Sept 2025

   Interview with Gail Prensky

   Featured Guest: Gail Prensky Project Website https://www.judischekulturbund.com/ (https://www.judischekulturbund.com/) Donate to the Judische Kulturbund Project: https://www.judischekulturbund.com/support-and-sponsorship/ (https://www.judischekulturbund.com/support-and-sponsorship/) Theater J  https://www.edcjcc.org/theater-j/ (https://www.edcjcc.org/theater-j/) The Last Dance of the Kulturbund https://www.judischekulturbund.com/project/the-last-dance-of-the-kulturbund/ (https://www.judischekulturbund.com/project/the-last-dance-of-the-kulturbund/) Hannah's Dance https://www.judischekulturbund.com/digital-stories/ (https://www.judischekulturbund.com/digital-stories/) Hannah’s dance instagram https://www.instagram.com/jk_hannahs_dance?igsh=MTR6dW1xazM5ZHR2bA== (https://www.instagram.com/jk_hannahs_dance?igsh=MTR6dW1xazM5ZHR2bA==) Hannah Kroner Segal’s interview:  https://youtu.be/eH7aAroJnkk?si=nOZdlhhrPB8u7JY9 (https://youtu.be/eH7aAroJnkk?si=nOZdlhhrPB8u7JY9) Vatengesi : https://www.judischekulturbund.com/vatengesi-hannahs-dance/ (https://www.judischekulturbund.com/vatengesi-hannahs-dance/) Digital Stories : https://www.judischekulturbund.com/digital-stories/ (https://www.judischekulturbund.com/digital-stories/) Shared Stories: https://www.judischekulturbund.com/shared-stories/ (https://www.judischekulturbund.com/shared-stories/) With Love, Elio: https://youtu.be/TbExU9Zvti0?si=MDmV7dibqP8nMfBe (https://youtu.be/TbExU9Zvti0?si=MDmV7dibqP8nMfBe) Kurt Singer: https://holocaustmusic.ort.org/de/politics-and-propaganda/third-reich/singer-kurt/ (https://holocaustmusic.ort.org/de/politics-and-propaganda/third-reich/singer-kurt/) https://www.gedenktafeln-in-berlin.de/gedenktafeln/detail/kurt-singer/1204 (https://www.gedenktafeln-in-berlin.de/gedenktafeln/detail/kurt-singer/1204) Uri T0eplitz: https://holocaustmusic.ort.org/resistance-and-exile/uri-toeplitz/ (https://holocaustmusic.ort.org/resistance-and-exile/uri-toeplitz/) https://youtu.be/TbExU9Zvti0?si=MDmV7dibqP8nMfBe (https://youtu.be/TbExU9Zvti0?si=MDmV7dibqP8nMfBe) https://youtu.be/TbExU9Zvti0?si=MDmV7dibqP8nMfBe (https://youtu.be/TbExU9Zvti0?si=MDmV7dibqP8nMfBe) Charlotte Salomon https://jck.nl/en/theme/charlotte-salomon (https://jck.nl/en/theme/charlotte-salomon) David Freidmann https://www.berlin.de/aktuell/ausgaben/2020/dezember/artikel.1024334.php (https://www.berlin.de/aktuell/ausgaben/2020/dezember/artikel.1024334.php) Ernest Lenart https://youtu.be/fv1pRj_xWJk?feature=shared (https://youtu.be/fv1pRj_xWJk?feature=shared) Music and Plays Discussed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_the_Wise (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_the_Wise) Symphony No 4: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._4_(Nielsen) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._4_(Nielsen)) Fidelio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidelio (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidelio) Symphony No 2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._2_(Mahler) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._2_(Mahler)) Thank you for listening to this extended bonus episode! I hope you tune  for more episodes to be published soon The current Artists we are exploring this season are Lotte Lasertein, Gertrude Sandmann, and Toni Ebel, three incredible painters who survived the Shoah. This is a project hosted by the Spinnboden Lesbian Archive (https://spinnboden.de/ (https://spinnboden.de/)) and funded by Demokratie in Der Mitte’s Aktionsfund in 2024 (https://demokratie-in-der-mitte.de/aktionsfonds-in-einfach/ (https://demokratie-in-der-mitte.de/aktionsfonds-in-einfach/)) The 5 bonus episodes of 2025 including this publication was produced with support from n-ost and funded by the Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future (EVZ) and the Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF) as part of the Education Agenda on NS-Injustice. https://n-ost.org/projects/history-unit (https://n-ost.org/projects/history-unit) https://www.stiftung-evz.de/ (https://www.stiftung-evz.de/) Follow @Friends_of_dora (https://www.instagram.com/friends_of_dora/?hl=en) on Instagram for further updates on upcoming episodes and workshops. The music featured in this episode: Calming piano loop 60bpm by Seth_Makes_Sounds -- from Free sound.org number 679738 Licensed under Creative Commons 0 https://freesound.org/s/679738/ (https://freesound.org/s/679738/)I have done my best to fact-check and provide sources for all of my work, if something is missing or doesn’t sound right, or you just want to talk, send me an email at passingpaintbrush@gmail.com. If you want to tell your friends about this podcast or rate it on whatever platform you are listening from that would be a free way to really help share this project with those who would be interested but do not know of it yet! Written, produced, and mixed by me, Hani Esther Indictor Portner, with technical advising by Rocket Loam www.passingthepaintbrush.wordp (http://www.passingthepaintbrush.wordpress.com/)

6. 

   12 Sept 2025

   Ari Wolf Reads "Charlotte's Poem"

   Ari Wolf reads “Charlotte’s Poem” Featured Guest: Ari Wolf Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ariadnewolf/?hl=en (https://www.instagram.com/ariadnewolf/?hl=en) Charlotte’s Poem: www.ritualwell.org/ritual/charlottes-poem/ (http://www.ritualwell.org/ritual/charlottes-poem/) Ari’s Blog entry on the Jewish Women’s Archive https://jwa.org/blog/finding-strength-my-transcestor (https://jwa.org/blog/finding-strength-my-transcestor) Charlotte Charlaque’s Jewish Women’s Archive entry: https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/charlaque-charlotte (https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/charlaque-charlotte) Ari’s Medium Article: https://rivka-88575.medium.com/finding-my-queer-heritage-324ab5985971 (https://rivka-88575.medium.com/finding-my-queer-heritage-324ab5985971) Thank you for listening to this extended bonus episode! I hope you tune  for more episodes to be published soon The current Artists we are exploring this season are Lotte Lasertein, Gertrude Sandmann, and Toni Ebel, three incredible painters who survived the Shoah. This is a project hosted by the Spinnboden Lesbian Archive (https://spinnboden.de/ (https://spinnboden.de/)) and funded by Demokratie in Der Mitte’s Aktionsfund in 2024 (https://demokratie-in-der-mitte.de/aktionsfonds-in-einfach/ (https://demokratie-in-der-mitte.de/aktionsfonds-in-einfach/)) The 5 bonus episodes of 2025 including this publication are produced with support from n-ost and funded by the Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future (EVZ) and the Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF) as part of the Education Agenda on NS-Injustice. https://n-ost.org/projects/history-unit (https://n-ost.org/projects/history-unit) https://www.stiftung-evz.de/ (https://www.stiftung-evz.de/) Follow @Friends_of_dora (https://www.instagram.com/friends_of_dora/?hl=en) on Instagram for further updates on upcoming episodes and workshops. The music featured in this episode: Calming piano loop 60bpm by Seth_Makes_Sounds -- from Free sound.org number 679738 Licensed under Creative Commons 0 https://freesound.org/s/679738/ (https://freesound.org/s/679738/)I have done my best to fact-check and provide sources for all of my work, if something is missing or doesn’t sound right, or you just want to talk, send me an email at passingpaintbrush@gmail.com.

7. 

   28 Jan 2025

   Interview with Regina Potomkina

   Featured Guest: Regina Potomkina Instagram*:https://www.instagram.com/regina.110/?hl=en (https://www.instagram.com/regina.110/?hl=en) *Contact her via Instagram to purchase her works, dm with an offer! Dagesh Profile: https://dagesh.de/kuenstler/regina-potomkina/?lang=en (https://dagesh.de/kuenstler/regina-potomkina/?lang=en) EDA feature: https://edamagazin.de/regina-potomkina/ (https://edamagazin.de/regina-potomkina/) Thank you for listening to this extended interview bonus episode! I hope you tune in come for more full-length interviews to be published in the coming weeks. The current Artists we are exploring this season are Lotte Lasertein, Gertrude Sandmann, and Toni Ebel, three incredible painters who survived the Shoah. This is a project hosted by the Spinnboden Lesbian Archive (https://spinnboden.de/ (https://spinnboden.de/)) and funded by Demokratie in Der Mitte’s Aktionsfund (https://demokratie-in-der-mitte.de/aktionsfonds-in-einfach/ (https://demokratie-in-der-mitte.de/aktionsfonds-in-einfach/)) Follow @Friends_of_dora (https://www.instagram.com/friends_of_dora/?hl=en) on Instagram for further updates on upcoming episodes and workshops. The music featured in this episode: A Cool Guitar and Synth Beat by Seth_Makes_Sounds -- from Free sound.org number 725420 Licensed under Creative Commons 0 https://freesound.org/s/725420/ (https://freesound.org/s/725420/) I have done my best to fact-check and provide sources for all of my work, if something is missing or doesn’t sound right, or you just want to talk, send me an email at passingpaintbrush@gmail.com. If you want to tell your friends about this podcast or rate it on whatever platform you are listening from that would be a free way to really help share this project with those who would be interested but do not know of it yet! Written, produced, and mixed by me, Hani Esther Indictor Portner with technical advising by Rocket Loam www.passingthepaintbrush.wordpress.com (http://www.passingthepaintbrush.wordpress.com)

8. 

   30 Nov 2024

   Toni Ebel Audio Documentary

   Hani Esther Indictor Portner explores the life and art of Toni Ebel, featuring insights from experts like Raimund Wolfert and Brandy Schillace, shedding light on the intersection of identity and creativity.

9. 

   11 Nov 2024

   Interview with Annelisa Leinbach

   Featured Guest: Annelisa Leinbach Website:  https://www.annelisaleinbach.com/ (https://www.annelisaleinbach.com/) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/annelisaleinbach (https://www.instagram.com/annelisaleinbach) Group Exhibit with Annelisa’s Painting  (https://www.instagram.com/p/DCGyrg7OjKe/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==) “Dwelling Spaces” Art Space in Exile Elsenstraße 87, 12435 Berlin Opening hours: Sunday 24/11 16:00 - 20:00 Monday 25/11 closed Tuesday - Friday 16:00 - 20:00 Thank you for listening to this extended interview bonus episode! I hope you tune in come for more full-length interviews to be published, and the third audio documentary on Toni Ebel in November. The current Artists we are exploring this season are Lotte Lasertein, Gertrude Sandmann, and Toni Ebel, three incredible painters who survived the Shoah. This is a project hosted by the Spinnboden Lesbian Archive (https://spinnboden.de/ (https://spinnboden.de/)) and funded by Demokratie in Der Mitte’s Aktionsfund (https://demokratie-in-der-mitte.de/aktionsfonds-in-einfach/ (https://demokratie-in-der-mitte.de/aktionsfonds-in-einfach/)) Follow @Friends_of_dora on Instagram for further updates on upcoming episodes and workshops. The music featured in this episode: A Cool Guitar and Synth Beat by Seth_Makes_Sounds -- from Free sound.org number 725420 Licensed under Creative Commons 0 https://freesound.org/s/725420/ (https://freesound.org/s/725420/) Laserstein Painting we discuss "Im Gasthaus" (1927) (https://scalar.oberlincollegelibrary.org/weimar-berlin/media/lotte-laserstein-im-gasthaus-1927) I have done my best to fact-check and provide sources for all of my work, if something is missing or doesn’t sound right, or you just want to talk, send me an email at passingpaintbrush@gmail.com. If you want to tell your friends about this podcast or rate it on whatever platform you are listening from that would be a free way to really help share this project with those who would be interested but do not know of it yet! Written, produced, and mixed by me, Hani Esther Indictor Portner with technical advising by Rocket Loam www.passingthepaintbrush.wordpress.com (passing the paintbrush.wordpress.com)

10. 

    23 Oct 2024

    Lotte Laserstein Audio Documentary

    Show website with full works cited www.passingthepaintbrush.wordpress.com (http://passingthepaintbrush.wordpress.com) Passing the Paintbrush Events Sign up  (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScMIP6MPVcF2F_Rbzy3HeS69z30YxiTBWz8EVw2C7Wd0iNa-A/viewform) Featured Guest Experts Clara Julia Escalera (https://clarajuliaescalera.wordpress.com/) Hadass Gilboa (https://www.hadassgilboa.com/), Litho Werkstatt Teltow  (https://www.lithowerkstatt-berlin.de/) Eliza Jane Coyle (https://elizajanecoyle.wixsite.com/webprofile) Hannah Mitchelle Provisor  (https://www.hannahprovisor.com/) Hannah Steinkopf-Frank (https://www.hannahsteinkopf-frank.com/) Annelisa Leinbach (https://www.annelisaleinbach.com/) Professor Kerry Wallach - Biography of Rahel Szalit (https://www.psupress.org/books/titles/978-0-271-09559-2.html) Gail Prensky- JudischeKulturbundProject (https://www.judischekulturbund.com/) Dr. Eva Atlan-  Back into the Light Four Women Artists – Their Works, Their Paths Book (https://www.kerberverlag.com/en/2011/back-into-the-light) Production and writing Written, produced, and mixed by me Hani Esther Indictor Portner  with technical advising by Rocket Loam Many thanks to Dr. Anna-Carola Krausse for her work writing, researching, and curating exhibitions on Laserstein, helping her work become recognized again, and the interest in her life be renewed in Germany. Research support Thank you to the kind librarians at Spinnboden, the  Akademie Der Kunst, The Judische Gemeinde Library, The  Zentral Landes Bibliotek, Jewish Museum, Berlinische Gallerie, and Stadt Bibliotek. Donate to the archiv zentrum! https://www.betterplace.org/de/organisations/56507-spinnboden-lesbenarchiv-bibliothek-e-v (https://www.betterplace.org/de/organisations/56507-spinnboden-lesbenarchiv-bibliothek-e-v) Music/Sounds Gazing by Andy G. Cohen from the Free Music Archive Released under a Creative Commons BY 4.0 International Attribution License (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Andy_G_Cohen/prisma/gazing/) Easy Going Music Loop by Seth_Makes_Sounds  from  Freesound.org number 691837 Released Under  Creative Commons 0 (https://freesound.org/people/Seth_Makes_Sounds/sounds/691837/) Morning in Nebraska.aiff by Danjocross  from Freesound.org number  503209Releasesed Under  Creative Commons 0 (https://freesound.org/s/503209/) Sunshine On The Pool by Jangwa from the free music archive Released under a Creative Commons BY 4.0 International Attribution License (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dilating_Times/my-home-is-a-box/sunshine-on-the-pool/) This episode featured the following incredible music by  Tzipporah played with permission from the artist. -Olam Chesed Yivaneh, Tzipporah https://tzipporah.bandcamp.com/track/olam-chesed-yivaneh-rabbi-menachem-creditor-cover (https://tzipporah.bandcamp.com/track/olam-chesed-yivaneh-rabbi-menachem-creditor-cover) -Eshet Chayil (Woman of Valor) https://tzipporah.bandcamp.com/track/eshet-chayil-woman-of-valor (https://tzipporah.bandcamp.com/track/eshet-chayil-woman-of-valor) I have also  used the following  public domain classical music recordings made available by the Open Educational Resources on Music created by Ulrich Kaiser Béla Bartók’s - 83 Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 Sz 83 A2 Andante played by the Radio-Symphony-Orchestra Berlin  Conducted by Ferenc Fricsay (https://cc0.oer-musik.de/002894793100-1/) Additional voices by the talented Hannah Mitchell Provisor. Special Thanks To Mara for her editorial and writing support +  love and inspiration, Boba 4 cute cat vibes Rocket for helping me learn how to use a microphone and make the series sound as nice as possible, Nana for helping me with my query letter so that I could find so many amazing people to interview, Grammy for giving me advice on how to interview people, and inspiring my music choices Tzipporah for letting me feature such beautiful music. Listen and support : bandcamp (https://tzipporah.bandcamp.com/)  ,  instagram (https://www.instagram.com/tzipporahmusic/), website (https://tzipporahmusic.com/),  linktree (https://linktr.ee/TzipporahMusic),  spotify (https://open.spotify.com/artist/4Bz2FUntKKg2goATS6pf3r?si=rQbwdNRQRGqGRLAYqHp_tw) Melissa Wertheimer who wrote an online research guide to Jewish Composers (https://guides.loc.gov/jewish-composers) Daniel Carkner who compiled and researched to write an incredible blog post (https://alte.klezmor.im/2024/01/)about Klezmer that became public domain in the US in 2024 Rebecca Ness for permission to talk about this Artwork, Self Portrait with a Cat (After Laserstein) (https://www.instagram.com/rebeccanessart/p/C4YgEq4RnEo/?img_index=1) I have done my best to fact-check and provide sources for all of my work, if something is missing or doesn’t sound right, or you just want to tell me what you think of the series, send me an email at passingpaintbrush@gmail.com (mailto:passingpaintbrush@gmail.com). This is a project hosted by the Spinnboden Lesbian Archive (https://spinnboden.de/) and funded by Demokratie in Der Mitte’s Aktionsfund  (https://demokratie-in-der-mitte.de/#:~:text=F%C3%B6rderung,Gebieten%20Moabit%2C%20Wedding%20und%20Zentrum.) Links to view paintings Die Mutter der Künstlerin, Meta Laserstein vor Häusern (https://www.artnet.de/k%C3%BCnstler/lotte-laserstein/die-mutter-der-k%C3%BCnstlerin-meta-laserstein-vor-XquxB3Ixl7U04i61wreeeQ2) ~1921 (https://www.artnet.de/k%C3%BCnstler/lotte-laserstein/die-mutter-der-k%C3%BCnstlerin-meta-laserstein-vor-XquxB3Ixl7U04i61wreeeQ2) Im GastHaus- 1927 (https://scalar.oberlincollegelibrary.org/weimar-berlin/media/lotte-laserstein-im-gasthaus-1927) Am Motorad - At the Motorcycle- 1929 (https://www.dhm.de/lemo/bestand/objekt/laserstein-am-motorrad-1929) Abend über Potsdam- 1930 (https://www.kulturstiftung.de/abend-ueber-deutschland/) Ich und mein Modell -1929/1930 (https://guide.modernamuseet.se/stockholm/en/collection/lotte-laserstein/jag-och-min-modell/) Russisches Mädchen mit Puderdose- 1928 (https://sammlung.staedelmuseum.de/en/work/russian-girl-with-compact) Im Meinem Atelier-1928 (https://stories.staedelmuseum.de/de/lasersteins-weiblicher-blick-auf-den-akt) Polly Tieck 1929  (https://www.welt.de/kultur/kunst-und-architektur/article191485707/Lotte-Laserstein-Ausstellung-in-Berlin-Das-neue-Bild-der-Frau.html) Selbstportrait mit Katze 1928 (https://www.germanexpressionismleicester.org/leicesters-collection/artists-and-artworks/lotte-laserstein/self-portrait-with-a-cat/) The Émigré (Dr. Walter Lindenthal) 1941 (https://guide.modernamuseet.se/stockholm/en/collection/lotte-laserstein/emigranten-dr-walter-lindenthal/)

11. 

    17 Sept 2024

    Interview with Hannah Michelle Provisor

    Featured Guest: Hannah Michelle Provisor https://www.hannahprovisor.com/ (https://www.hannahprovisor.com/) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hannahmichelledraws (https://www.instagram.com/hannahmichelledraws) They Were Very Close Friends Teaser Video: https://vimeo.com/967155517 (https://vimeo.com/967155517) Article on Hey Alma “ An Illustrated Love Letter to My Bubbie’s Sunbeam Food Processor” https://www.heyalma.com/an-illustrated-love-letter-to-my-bubbies-sunbeam-food-processor/ (https://www.heyalma.com/an-illustrated-love-letter-to-my-bubbies-sunbeam-food-processor/) Thank you for listening to this extended interview bonus episode! I hope you tune in come for more full-length interviews to be published, and the second audio documentary on Lotte Laserstein in a few weeks! The current Artists we are exploring this season are Lotte Lasertein, Gertrude Sandmann, and Toni Ebel, three incredible painters who survived the Shoah. This is a project hosted by the Spinnboden Lesbian Archive (https://spinnboden.de/ (https://spinnboden.de/)) and funded by Demokratie in Der Mitte’s Aktionsfund (https://demokratie-in-der-mitte.de/aktionsfonds-in-einfach/ (https://demokratie-in-der-mitte.de/aktionsfonds-in-einfach/)) Follow @Friends_of_dora (https://www.instagram.com/friends_of_dora/) on Instagram for further updates on upcoming episodes and workshops. The music featured in this episode: A Cool Guitar and Synth Beat by Seth_Makes_Sounds -- from Free sound.org number 725420 Licensed under Creative Commons 0 https://freesound.org/s/725420/ (https://freesound.org/s/725420/) Paintings mentioned: Gruppe IX, 1922 Gertrude Sandmann (https://berlinischegalerie.de/out-and-about/gertrude-sandmann/) Girlfriends, 1916/1917 Gustav Klimt (https://www.gustav-klimt.com/Girlfriends.jsp) Ich und Mein Model 1929/30 Lotte Laserstein  (https://guide.modernamuseet.se/stockholm/en/collection/lotte-laserstein/jag-och-min-modell/) The Two Friends 1894 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/toulouse-lautrec-the-two-friends-n05142) I have done my best to fact-check and provide sources for all of my work, if something is missing or doesn’t sound right, or you just want to talk, send me an email at passingpaintbrush@gmail.com. If you want to tell your friends about this podcast or rate it on whatever platform you are listening from that would be a free way to really help share this project with those who would be interested but do not know of it yet! Written, produced, and mixed by me, Hani Esther Indictor Portner with technical advising by Rocket Loam

12. 

    31 Aug 2024

    Gertrude Sandmann Audio Documentary

    website with full works cited - ⁠www.passingthepaintbrush.wordpress.com⁠ (http://passingthepaintbrush.wordpress.com) September 22 workshop on Sandmann ⁠Sign up ⁠ (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScMIP6MPVcF2F_Rbzy3HeS69z30YxiTBWz8EVw2C7Wd0iNa-A/viewform) You can donate to the Archive Zentrum project ⁠here⁠ (https://www.betterplace.org/de/projects/133914-archivzentrum-lesbisch-queer-feministisch-sexualwissenschaftlich) Featured Guest Experts Justice Mvemba - ⁠Desta- Decolonial Tours ⁠  (https://www.dekolonialestadtfuehrung.de/en/) Dr. Eva Atlan-  ⁠Back into the Light Four Women Artists – Their Works, Their Paths Book⁠ (https://www.kerberverlag.com/en/2011/back-into-the-light) Prof. Kerry Wallach - ⁠Biography of Rahel Szalit⁠ (https://www.psupress.org/books/titles/978-0-271-09559-2.html) ⁠Hannah Mitchelle Provisor ⁠ (https://www.hannahprovisor.com/) ⁠Hannah Steinkopf-Frank⁠ (https://www.hannahsteinkopf-frank.com/) Dr. Anna Havemann -⁠https://www.hauskunstmitte.de/⁠ (https://www.hauskunstmitte.de/) Biography of ⁠Sibylle Ascheberg von Bamberg⁠ (https://idw-online.de/en/news223694), ⁠Gertrude Sandmann⁠ (https://www.hentrichhentrich.de/book-gertrude-sandmann.html) Production and writing Written, produced, and mixed by me Hani Esther Indictor Portner  with technical advising by Rocket Loam Many thanks to Dr. Anna Havemann for her work writing, researching, and transcribing Gertrude Sandmann’s diaries for her biography, which is where the quotes provided in this documentary are drawn. quotes were translated by Deepl and Google translate from their original german to english. Additional voiceovers by⁠ Mariel Hansson Folk⁠ (https://www.instagram.com/mariel.folk?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==) Research support Research assistance by the kind librarians at Spinnboden, Magnus Hirschfeld Gesellschaft, FFBIZ, the  Akademie Der Kunst, The Judische Gemeinde Library, Zentral Landes Bibliotek, Berlinische Gallerie, and more! I was given wonderful resources and advice from the Mills Music Librarians when making sure the Yiddish songs you hear in this episode are old enough to be in the public domain, such as the ⁠Cornell guide to Copyright Term and the Public Domain ⁠ (https://guides.library.cornell.edu/copyright/publicdomain). A huge thank you to Sherry Mayrent for donating her collection of Yiddish music, and all the librarians at⁠ Maryrent Collection of Yiddish Recordings⁠ (https://search.library.wisc.edu/search/digital?filter%5Bfacets%5D%5Bcollections_facet~Mayrent+Yiddish+Recordings%5D=yes) and the ⁠Mills Music Library of Digital Collections⁠ (https://search.library.wisc.edu/search/digital?filter%5Bfacets%5D%5Bcollections_facet~Mills+Digital+Collections%5D=yes) for the work you do to ensure that we can enjoy these cultural treasures. Music/Sounds ⁠"Warmer" by Andy G. Cohen Released under a Creative Commons BY 4.0  Attribution International License From the Free Music Archive⁠ (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Andy_G_Cohen/MUL__DIV_1198/Andy_G_Cohen_-_MULDIV_-_10_-_Warmer/) ⁠"A Perceptible Shift" by Andy G. Cohen, Released under a Creative Commons BY 4.0  Attribution International License From the Free Music Archive⁠ (https://fma.alserdamedia.nl/music/Andy_G_Cohen/MUL__DIV_1198/Andy_G_Cohen_-_MULDIV_-_04_-_A_Perceptible_Shift/) ⁠Slow Moving Waves by Rest You Sleeping Giant Released under a Creative Commons BY 4.0 International Attribution License From the Free Music Archive⁠ (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Rest_You_Sleeping_Giant/Songs_for_a_Sad_Guitar/Rest_You_Sleeping_Giant_-_Songs_for_a_Sad_Guitar_-_06_Slow_Moving_Waves/) ⁠Exlibris by Kosta T Released under a Creative Commons BY 4.0 International Attribution License From the Free Music Archive⁠ (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kosta_T/Relax_Violin/Kosta_T_-_Relax_Violin_-_11_Exlibris) ⁠London Gallery Subduded Voices -G by Martian freesound.org number 49378 Licensed under Creative Commons 0⁠ (https://freesound.org/people/martian/sounds/49378/) ⁠Another Guitar Beat by Seth Makes Sounds freesound.org number 724666 Licensed under Creative Commons 0⁠ (https://freesound.org/people/Seth_Makes_Sounds/sounds/724666/) ⁠Ocean Waves 06  by Lucas_Schacht . freesound.org number 534915 Licensed under Creative Commons 0⁠ (https://freesound.org/people/Lucas_Schacht/sounds/534915/) ⁠Boruch habo⁠ (https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/XNED3S75A64V28C) ⁠Composed by Louis Friedsell Recorded September 27, 1906 in Philadelphia.⁠ (https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/XNED3S75A64V28C) ⁠Published by  Victor Talking Machine Company in  Camden, New Jersey⁠ (https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/XNED3S75A64V28C) ⁠האפּעט מחותנים, Hopet machetonym⁠ (https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/SPYXUKA6KR3X58J) ⁠Composed by Louis Friedsell Recorded September 1919⁠ (https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/SPYXUKA6KR3X58J) ⁠Published by Emerson Phonograph Company in New York⁠ (https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/SPYXUKA6KR3X58J) ⁠ Franz Schubert’s Symphony No. 5 in B flat major D485 , first  Allegro ⁠ (https://cc0.oer-musik.de/at123-schubert/) ⁠played by the   NBC Symphony Orchestra, Conducted by Arturo Toscanini⁠ (https://cc0.oer-musik.de/at123-schubert/) Special Thanks To Mara and Boba for their love and inspiration, Rocket for helping me learn how to use a microphone and make the series sound as nice as possible, Nana for helping me with my query letter so that I could find so many amazing people to interview, Grammy for giving me advice on how to interview people, and inspiring my music choices Dr. Hilla Lavie for consent to read aloud a quote in her essay Melissa Wertheimer who wrote an ⁠online research guide to Jewish Composers⁠ (https://guides.loc.gov/jewish-composers) Daniel Carkner who compiled and researched to write an ⁠incredible blog post ⁠ (https://alte.klezmor.im/2024/01/)about Klezmer music that became public domain in the US I have done my best to fact-check and provide sources for all of my work if something doesn’t sound right send me an email ⁠passingpaintbrush@gmail.com⁠ (mailto:passingpaintbrush@gmail.com) This is a project hosted by the ⁠Spinnboden Lesbian Archive⁠ (https://spinnboden.de/) and funded by ⁠Demokratie in Der Mitte’s Aktionsfund  ⁠ (https://demokratie-in-der-mitte.de/#:~:text=F%C3%B6rderung,Gebieten%20Moabit%2C%20Wedding%20und%20Zentrum.)

13. 

    11 Aug 2024

    Interview with Justice Mvemba -DeSta decolonial tours

    Featured Guest: Justice Mvemba. You can book a tour from DeSta- dekoloniale stadtfuehrung /decolonial tours and subscribe to the newsletter here : https://www.dekolonialestadtfuehrung.de/en/ (https://www.dekolonialestadtfuehrung.de/en/) And follow on social media Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/decolonialtours/ (https://www.instagram.com/decolonialtours/) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dekolonialestadtfuehrung (https://www.facebook.com/dekolonialestadtfuehrung) Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@deSta-DekolonialeStadtfuhrung (https://www.youtube.com/@deSta-DekolonialeStadtfuhrung) Thank you for listening to this extended interview bonus episode! I hope you tune in come August for the release of the first audio documentary, and keep a look out for more full-length interviews to be published in late July The current Artists we are exploring this season are Lotte Lasertein, Gertrude Sandmann, and Toni Ebel, three incredible Painters who survived the Shoah. This is a project hosted by the Spinnboden Lesbian Archive (https://spinnboden.de/ (https://spinnboden.de/)) and funded by Demokratie in Der Mitte’s Aktionsfund (https://demokratie-in-der-mitte.de/aktionsfonds-in-einfach/ (https://demokratie-in-der-mitte.de/aktionsfonds-in-einfach/)) Follow @Friends_of_dora (https://www.instagram.com/friends_of_dora/) on Instagram for further updates on upcoming episodes and workshops. The music featured in this episode: “Calming piano loop 60bpm” by Seth_Makes_Sounds - from Freesound.org , number 679738, License under Creative Commons 0 https://freesound.org/people/Seth_Makes_Sounds/sounds/679738/ (https://freesound.org/people/Seth_Makes_Sounds/sounds/679738/) links to organizations mentioned in this episode: Desta -dekoloniale stadtfuehrung/ decolonial tours (https://www.dekolonialestadtfuehrung.de/) Afrika-Haus Berlin (https://www.afrikahaus-berlin.de/) I have done my best to fact-check and provide sources for all of my work, if something is missing or doesn’t sound right, or you just want to talk, send me an email at passingpaintbrush@gmail.com (mailto:passingpaintbrush@gmail.com). If you want to tell your friends about this podcast or rate it on whatever platform  you are listening from that would be a free way to really help share this project with those who would be interested but do not know of it yet! Written, produced, and mixed by me, Hani Esther Indictor Portner with technical advising by Rocket Loam

14. 

    21 Jul 2024

    Interview with Dr. Eva Atlan

    Featured Guest: Dr. Eva Atlan. The catalog for Back into the Light Four Women Artists – Their Works, Their Paths can be purchased here: https://www.kerberverlag.com/de/2011/back-into-the-light (https://www.kerberverlag.com/de/2011/back-into-the-light) Thank you for listening to this extended interview bonus episode! I hope you tune in come August for the release of the first audio documentary, and keep a look out for more full-length interviews to be published in late July The current Artists we are exploring this season are Lotte Lasertein, Gertrude Sandmann, and Toni Ebel, three incredible Painters who survived the Shoah. This is a project hosted by the Spinnboden Lesbian Archive (https://spinnboden.de/ (https://spinnboden.de/)) and funded by Demokratie in Der Mitte’s Aktionsfund (https://demokratie-in-der-mitte.de/aktionsfonds-in-einfach/ (https://demokratie-in-der-mitte.de/aktionsfonds-in-einfach/)) Follow @Friends_of_dora on Instagram for further updates on upcoming episodes and workshops. The music featured in this episode: “Calming piano loop 60bpm” by Seth_Makes_Sounds - from Freesound.org , number 679738, License under Creative Commons 0 https://freesound.org/people/Seth_Makes_Sounds/sounds/679738/ (https://freesound.org/people/Seth_Makes_Sounds/sounds/679738/) The Artists, Writers, and Institutions mentioned in this episode: Jüdisches Museum Frankfurt Samuel Bak Max Beckmann Rosy Lilienfeld Erna Pinner Amalie Seckbach Ruth Cahn Sascha Schwabacher Margot Rieß Städelsches Kunstinstitut Joseph Roth James Ensor Henri Matisse Jacob Nussbaum Hessischer Rundfunk I have done my best to fact-check and provide sources for all of my work, if something is missing or doesn’t sound right, or you just want to talk, send me an email at passingpaintbrush@gmail.com (mailto:passingpaintbrush@gmail.com). If you want to tell your friends about this podcast or rate it on Spotify/Apple Podcasts that would be a free way to really help share this project with those who would be interested but do not know of it yet! Written, produced, and mixed by me, Hani Esther Indictor Portner with technical advising by Rocket Loam

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    30 Jun 2024

    Trailer -Featuring Grammy Marlene Joy

    Featured Guest: Grammy Marlene Joy Indictor Music: “Chill Beat” by Seth_Makes_Sounds - from Freesound.org , number 678003, License under Creative Commons 0 All in a Garden Green (Whistle Quartet Version) by Axletree From the Free Music Archive https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Axletree/music-from-a-hampshire-farm/all-in-a-garden-green-whistle-quartet-version/ licensed under a Creative Commons BY 4.0 International License. with slight modification of start and end times and added looping to extend length Spinnboden Lesbian Archive (https://spinnboden.de/) and funded by Demokratie in Der Mitte’s Aktionsfund (https://demokratie-in-der-mitte.de/foerderung/zentrum/ Written, produced, and mixed by me, Hani Esther Indictor Portner with technical advising by Rocket Loam

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